Medal of Honor Action Place: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Citation
Rapidly assembled his regiment and charged the enemy's flank; charged front under heavy fire, and charged and destroyed a Confederate brigade, all this with new troops in their first battle.
Medal of Honor Recipient Wheelock G. Veazey
Additional Details
Accredited to: Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: September 8, 1891
Born: December 5, 1835, Brentwood, Coos County, NH, United States
Died: March 22, 1898
Buried: Arlington National Cemetery (PM) (2-1026), Arlington, VA, United States
Location of Medal:
Vermont Historical Society, Barre, VT